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WorksheetsModels of the Universe
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
Geocentrism states that:
Saturn is at the center of the universe
Jupiter at the center of the universe
The sun is at the center of the universe
The earth is at the center of the universe
Heliocentrism states that:
the sun is the center
the earth is the center
the moon is the ceneter
the mars is the ceneter
Ptolemy's model of the universe:
None of these answers are correct
Did not include the Earth at all
Did not include the sun at all
Tried to explain retrograde motion of the planets through the use of epicycles
What is the biggest difference between the Geocentric Model and the Heliocentric Model?
the shape of the planets' orbits
the center of the solar system
the movement of the moon
The movement of the sun
Why did people believe in the Geocentric vs the Heliocentric solar system?
Geocentric system had been around for a LONG time.
There wasn't enough proof to support the Heliocentric system.
People don't like change.
all of these answers are correct.
When planets move around the Sun they do not travel in a circle. Their orbit is an
straight line
square
ellipse
rectangle
Who discovered the Geocentric method?
Copernicus
Ptolemy
The church
The Earth its self
He proposed the first idea that the sun was in the centre of the universe, and the planet and celestial bodies revolved around the sun, in a circular path. He also proposed the idea that stars moved during the year. This theory never gained popularity in the ancient world.
aristarchus
aristotle
galileo
ptolemy
He was able to combine what he saw of the stars' movements with mathematics to predict the movement of the planets. In order to make his predictions true, he worked out that the planets must move in epicycles, smaller circles, and the Earth itself moved along an equant. None of this was true, but it made the math work for his predictions.
Galileo
Aristotle
Eudoxus
Ptolemy
Most known as the first astronomer to posit the idea of a heliocentric solar system. This is a system in which the planets and planetary objects orbit the sun.P
Galileo
Copernicus
Ptolemy
Brahe
His model is the combination of geo and heliocentric model of the unverse.
Tycho Brahe
Nicolas Copernicus
Aristotle
Aristarchus
What is the shape of the planet earth according to ancient people such as babylonians, hebrews, chinese?
circle
flat
sphere
ellipse
What is the name of the Earths moon?
Moon
Luna
Lunar
Aria
He discovered a new star and proved a star to be a supernova
Copernicus
GAlielo
Brahe
Kepler
What is the shape of the planet Earth?
Sphere
Oblate Spheroid
Circle
Round
